Back to Work Outfit

blazer-J.Crew(similar here), blouse-Anthropologie, pants-Uniqlo(similar here), loafers-G.H. Bass, necklace-Bauble Bar(similar here), watch-Wegner

I featured this blouse in my "Back to Work Buys" post, and voila here it is in action! This is a very "me" outfit. We have a cropped pant, bright blazer, button-down, and pattern mixing galore. With this statement necklace and my go-to brown loafers it's almost like this could be a "Bernadette" costume sold at Party City come Halloween time. I could have tried to pull off something new and different for my return to work, but I think in general when you're transitioning (either back into something, or starting anew) it's best to go with what you KNOW works outfitting wise. It leaves one less thing to fret over. It'll be a bit of a challenge with work-wear here over the next month or two as my body transitions and a new season starts. I may end up buying a few dresses to get me through spring, and as I work my way back into my pre-pregnancy size.*

*Here's the thing with losing the baby weight... True, I'm not comfortable at my current weight post-baby, nor with my diminished fitness level (I used to bust out 10 quick burpees like no one's business this time last year) but, another very pressing concern with my body is that I can't fit into the majority of my wardrobe, which I've put in a lot of time, money, and effort. So, I'm not body-shaming myself when I speak about losing weight in this context. Instead, I'm being realistic. I gained weight during my pregnancy (duh) and I'm in the midst of slowly coming back to a weight, shape, and strength that works for me.

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40 Year Old Cottagecore

dress-Anthropologie(more options here ), sunnies- DIFF Eyewear , necklace- Benevolence LA , bag-- Shiraleah , sandals- Born I first became aware of Cottagecore earlier this summer and found it to be an aesthetic I can appreciate and find aspirational , but was not necessarily a style that aligned with my wheelhouse. Well as I've been growing my hair during covid quarantine and having picked up this dress as seen here , I felt that I was ready to tackle #cottagecore here on my 40th birthday!!! Yep, that's right today I turn 40 (but I don't look it). And while it's been a year like no other, I feel excited for my next year, decade, chapter of my life. I think it's fair to say I'm done having babies and ready to move on from the chaos of very little children to the chaos of big kids. I no longer feel like I have something to proof in my work, writing, sense of self. I'm just going to enjoy and be grateful for the many blessings of family, friends, health, a...

Gift Guide Part 3--Literature

So far I've covered beauty products and socks in this year's round of gift guides, which are prefect gift categories for the coming winter. To add to that list--reading! Here are a few books from my Books Worth Reading Pinterest board, first up--poetry! James Allen Hall's "I Liked You Better Before I Knew You So Well" from the CSU Poetry Center I LOVED Hall's 1st book Now You're the Enemy , which won awards from the Texas Institute of Letters, the Lambda Literary Foundation, and the Fellowship of Southern Writers. So this is on my personal wish list to read here during the snowy days to come. Anthology from Mason Jar Press "The Black Ladies Brunch Collective’s Poetry Anthology, Not Without Our Laughter , is a collection of humorous and joyful poems, riffing on Langston Hughes’s novel Not Without Laughter . It explores topics of family, work, love and sexuality. The women of BLBC believe, like Hughes, that even in these ...

Rent the Runway to the Rescue

So after the semi-disastrous dress vote from last week I took the stiletto by the heel, aka reserved this Slate & Willow dress from Rent the Runway for the wedding in July. Slate & Willow I had my eye on this as a possible outfit for the Tilda Swinton event I attended last month (fancy I know!) But, ended up going pretty casual since it was just a film screening. An AMAZING screening, but not a dressy affair nonetheless. Anyway, this striped sheath has so many good reviews from a variety of fellow renters in all shapes and sizes, I didn't see one unflattering user pic, so I'm fairly confident this frock will serve my needs come July. And here are some pics of former rentals over the last few years: Nanette Lapore Elie Tahari Elie Tahari Robert Rodriguez Halston Heritage Interesting in renting something for yourself here this summer, use this link , to get $20 off your first rental. You're welcome!

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